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... Thoughts from the Field on David Kilcullen's 28 Articles (Part IV) Compiled by Mr. Thomas P. Odom David Kilcullen intended his ...

Blog post - Apr 21 2007 - 5:56am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... Introduction    In Part I , I argued for a reexamination of our operational approach to Phase IV Stability Operations.  My fundamental suggestion was to link together ...

Journal Article - May 17 2012 - 4:44am - 3 comments

... elements of COIN a la carte that are or should be part of our current approach.  I.  Is Mexico Facing an ... with 84% favoring the use of the military against DTOs. [28] Fear, the other motivating factor employed by the cartels, cannot ... reforms its own criminal justice system. [38] IV.  Conclusion:  Rewriting the Bilateral Narrative ...

Journal Article - Dec 27 2011 - 6:10am - 42 comments

... Importantly, we routinely discuss "toxic" leadership as part of our classes here. I would like to think we are making progress here ... The Congress, well intentioned but dangerous, DOPMA, Title IV and others intrusions are part of the problem but the Army still is ...

Blog post - Jun 26 2011 - 7:33am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

... commanders did not strongly challenge a thin phase IV occupation plan (if you can even call it a plan); and the President was ... SWJ knows, I am (and ever was) just a field guy, one small part of a much larger and far more distinguished group of people, and one ...

Blog post - Aug 18 2007 - 3:40am - 3 comments - 0 attachments

... Sunni will lead to unified perceptions of threat on the part of currently fragmented Sunni leaders.  Once security issues dominate ... of a third-party intervention in an ethnic conflict. [iv]   American forces sought to establish security and stem the tide of ...

Journal Article - Jan 10 2012 - 4:48am - 7 comments

... Right Word!" - a handy guide to official terminology. Part I - New Emphasis on Special Warfare includes articles The Third Challenge ... A Case Study by Lieutenant Colonel Donald Rattan. Part IV - What the Army is Doing includes articles Special Forces by Charles Dodson, ...

Blog post - Feb 10 2011 - 7:44pm - 21 comments - 0 attachments

... not humane—to the rubber trade in that part of the world. Riots at Ford’s Fordlandia project broke out ... quickly to the preparations for an invasion into Iraq. [28] Although the forces in Afghanistan from 2002 until 2009 performed ... by a U.S. military commander see LTG William B. Caldwell IV’s article on the “Unnoticed Surge in Afghan Security”, ...

Journal Article - Nov 10 2011 - 7:12pm - 5 comments

... – win, requires a significant capability on our part to rapidly promote the transition and development of foreign states to ... the military profession are required to be successful. [iv] Based on current experience and historical precedent, we can ...

Journal Article - Dec 12 2011 - 6:54am - 3 comments

... and 20 of its 100 most illiterate are Maoist afflicted. [iv] In truth, Maoist legitimacy is restricted to the extreme end of ... much as 14 billion rupees ($300 million) annually. [x] Part of the insurgent “tax” is explosives used in the mining ...

Journal Article - Dec 7 2011 - 1:12pm - 0 comments